Easter 2012

Another Pinterest idea was to plant jellybeans the night before Easter and then put lollipops in the ground so the child thinks they "grew" overnight. We modified and just scattered the jellybeans instead of planting and Brian found lollipops in the shape of flowers. Aiden was so excited to see what the magic beans had done when he woke up! Aiden got a T-ball set from my parents, so we went outside to try it out. It was very windy when we went out, so we also decided to fly our first kite. Such a fun day for all of us.

"Kool" Eggs

I recently became a huge fan of Pinterest and have gotten lots of fun ideas. Last year's egg dying was a huge failure, because I didn't realize we need vinegar to make the colors bright. This year we used Kool-Aid since I saw a post on Pinterest and it looked very simple. I was amazed at how well it worked and obviously it smelled much better than vinegar. Purple and yellow didn't work too well, but all the other colors worked great!

Our first hike

After we finished the egg hunt at Bounce U, we didn't really want to go home because it was such a beautiful day. I had seen a post on facebook about a friend of mine taking her kids on a hike. We went to Governor Dick in Mt. Gretna and decided to hike up to the watch tower. It was a much longer hike than I remembered, but it has been at least 15 years since I had been there. I also forgot that to get to the top you have to use ladders in a very small space. We watched from the outside, by decided to save the climb for another day. We hiked back to the car and got some pizza for lunch before heading home.

Bounce U Egg Hunt

I heard about our local Bounce U holding a free bounce session and egg hunt the Saturday before Easter. We haven't been there in awhile, so I signed Aiden up for the fun. He loved everything about the place and was actually able to climb on everything by himself. After the bounce session, we all went outside and they split into two age groups for the egg hunt. Aiden did a great job, but wanted to finish about 30 seconds in because he got a ring pop. With some encouragement, he decided to finish!